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1kx
New York, United States
1kx is a global investment firm focused on blockchain technologies, backing founders who are building decentralized infrastructure and applications. They seek projects with strong network effects and long‑term potential,...
Portfolio
21+
Employees
20+
Founded
2018
AUM
≈ $657.8M
Investment focus
Stages
Seed → Series C+
Industries
No industries listedGeographic scope
Global
Fund details
Funds
1KX Early Stage Master Fund LP
Vintage 2025 • $79.2M
1KX LP
Vintage 2022 • $578.6M
Sources
1kx
1kx is a global investment firm focused on blockchain technologies, backing founders who are building decentralized infrastructure and applications. They seek projects with strong network effects and long‑term potential, providing hands‑on technical expertise and institutional capital to scale transformative blockchain ventures.
Portfolio
21+
Employees
20+
Founded
2018
AUM
≈ $657.8M
Funds
1KX Early Stage Master Fund LP · Vintage 2025 • $79.2M
1KX LP · Vintage 2022 • $578.6M
Stages
Seed → Series C+
Industries
No industries listedGeographic scope
Global
Sources
Showing 21 of 21 matched portfolio companies
42 provides a platform for trading based on real-time market trends and significant moments. It enables users to execute strategies tied directly to unfolding events and data shifts. This service focuses on capturing short-term opportunities within dynamic financial environments.
5+
200+Approximate amount of employees
Funding: $7.7M
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1kxCastle Island Ventures
1kxCastle Island Ventures
Funding: $7.7M
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Botto is a decentralized autonomous artist that utilizes machine learning algorithms to create unique artworks, guided by input from a community of over fifteen thousand contributors. This model challenges traditional concepts of authorship and creativity while enabling collective influence on the artistic process and distribution of value.
Funding: $1.6M
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1kx
1kx
Funding: $1.6M
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B.Protocol is developing a Backstop liquidation engine that enhances capital efficiency for DeFi lending platforms by allowing communities to manage liquidations without relying on third-party flashloan bots. Their Pythia risk oracle provides standardized on-chain risk ratings, enabling users to make informed investment decisions and mitigate economic risks in decentralized finance.
Funding: $2.2M
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1kx
1kx
Funding: $2.2M
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Provides a cloud-based platform for automated, continuous testing of decentralized applications (dApps) using a high-performance engine that supports EVM and EVM-compatible chains. It enables developers to create private testnets, fork mainnet states, and integrate Web3 plugins, ensuring secure, scalable, and production-ready dApp deployment while reducing reliance on public testnets.
Funding: $2.2M
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Funding: $2.2M
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Daylight provides a transaction recommendation API that analyzes onchain identities to deliver personalized mints, airdrops, and crypto app suggestions. This technology enhances user engagement and drives growth for apps and creators by connecting them with relevant onchain opportunities.
Funding: $9.0M
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1kxUnion Square Ventures
1kxUnion Square Ventures
Funding: $9.0M
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Fuzzland provides continuous, 24/7 on-chain security monitoring using AI, fuzzing, and formal verification to scan the mempool for vulnerabilities. Their product suite includes real-time analysis, customizable instant alerts across blockchain and infrastructure layers, and proactive mitigation bots to intercept and stop exploits. The company aims to make robust, always-on security accessible for decentralized finance protocols.
Funding: $3.0M
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1kx
1kx
Funding: $3.0M
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The startup operates a Tezos-based open platform that enables artists, collectors, and curators to create, buy, sell, and collect generative art. By providing a secure and user-friendly environment, the platform facilitates the sharing and monetization of digital art, addressing the challenges of accessibility and visibility in the art market.
Funding: $5.6M
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1kx
1kx
Funding: $5.6M
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Glass provides a blockchain‑based platform that lets video creators upload, store, and distribute their content without intermediaries. Smart‑contract driven payments enable direct monetization and transparent revenue sharing, while decentralized storage ensures censorship‑resistant, high‑availability delivery.
Founded 2021100+
Funding: $5.0M
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1kx+ 1 Other investorTCG
1kx+ 1 Other investorTCG
Funding: $5.0M
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Inco provides a confidentiality layer for Ethereum and other networks by utilizing Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) to enable secure computations on encrypted data. This technology allows for the storage and processing of sensitive information on-chain while maintaining privacy, facilitating new use cases in payments and beyond.
Funding: $5.3M
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1kx
1kx
Funding: $5.3M
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Kiln provides an institutional‑grade, full‑stack staking platform that lets custodians, asset managers, exchanges, and wallet providers add on‑chain yield products without building their own infrastructure. Through a unified SDK and REST APIs, Kiln handles validator operations, reward distribution, slashing protection, and compliance‑ready reporting on a SOC 2 Type II certified environment, enabling white‑label earn experiences to be launched in days.
Funding: $17.0M
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1kx+ 4 Other investors
1kx+ 4 Other investors
Funding: $17.0M
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This company provides a zero-knowledge proof system that enables secure, multi-party computation for blockchain applications. Their protocol allows developers to build private smart contracts, decentralized exchanges, and machine learning models on and off-chain, using their preferred programming language.
Funding: $4.0M
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1kxGalaxy Digital
1kxGalaxy Digital
Funding: $4.0M
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Lit Protocol is a decentralized network providing programmable key management and encryption services for digital assets and data. It enables developers to build autonomous AI agents, facilitate blockchain interoperability, and secure user-owned data across various ecosystems. The protocol offers cryptographic trust layers for non-custodial wallet management, cross-chain operations, and secure computation.
Funding: $17.5M
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1kx
1kx
Funding: $17.5M
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Akash Network is a decentralized marketplace that enables users to buy and sell computing resources, utilizing a peer-to-peer architecture built on the Cosmos SDK and Kubernetes. By offering access to cloud compute at prices up to 85% lower than traditional providers, Akash addresses the high costs and inefficiencies associated with centralized cloud services.
Funding: $17.0M
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Cypher Capital
Cypher Capital
Funding: $17.0M
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Predicate offers a programmable policy layer that integrates directly into smart contracts, bridges, and blockchain nodes, enabling real‑time enforcement of AML/CFT, sanctions, geofencing, identity, and liquidity rules. Developers can query a single API to receive cryptographic approvals or denials for each transaction, while accessing a marketplace of on‑chain and off‑chain data providers and tools for monitoring and audit reporting. The solution is designed for protocol teams, DeFi platforms, asset issuers, and infrastructure providers seeking to embed regulatory compliance into on‑chain financial applications.
Funding: $7.0M
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1kx+ 2 Other investorsTribe Capital
1kx+ 2 Other investorsTribe Capital
Funding: $7.0M
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Pudgy Penguins is a Web3 intellectual property brand that creates digital collectibles, merchandise, and toys based on its unique character designs. The startup leverages blockchain technology to ensure ownership and authenticity of its digital assets, catering to the growing demand for verified digital ownership in the collectibles market.
Funding: $9.0M
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1kx
1kx
Funding: $9.0M
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Safe provides a secure multi-signature wallet and smart account infrastructure for digital asset custody, enabling users to manage and protect their assets across over 15 blockchain networks. The platform addresses the need for robust security and coordination in digital ownership, facilitating collaboration among individuals, DAOs, and enterprises.
Funding: $100.0M
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1kx
1kx
Funding: $100.0M
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Seam Social is a Web3 social platform that enables users to create and monetize open-source miniapps, facilitating collaboration and creative expression among online creatives. The platform's open-source SDK allows developers to build unique features and themes, addressing the need for customizable social networking solutions.
Funding: $2.5M
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1kx
1kx
Funding: $2.5M
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Set Labs is a crypto-financial platform that enables users to create diversified portfolios of cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and on-chain securities through a user-friendly interface. This solution addresses the complexity of managing multiple digital assets by providing a streamlined way to invest and track performance in a single location.
Funding: $21.8M
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1kxHashed
1kxHashed
Funding: $21.8M
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Snapshot Labs provides a gasless, off-chain multi-governance tool that enables crypto projects to efficiently poll their user bases using over 400 customizable voting strategies. This platform addresses the challenge of high transaction fees and participation barriers in decentralized governance, facilitating broader community engagement and informed decision-making.
10+
200+Approximate amount of employees
Funding: $4.0M
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1kx
1kx
Funding: $4.0M
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Stackup streamlines on-chain financial operations for crypto businesses with a self-custody smart account wallet. It automates payments, invoicing, and approvals using ERC-4337 account abstraction, providing CFO-ready reporting and enhanced security through passkey authentication and granular access controls.
Funding: $4.2M
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1kx
1kx
Funding: $4.2M
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Web3mine is a company operating in the Web3 space, but publicly available information does not provide details about its specific products, services, or target audience.
Funding: $6.0M
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1kx
1kx
Funding: $6.0M
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